{"id":846678,"date":"2022-10-19T20:41:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T20:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanrightsdefenders.blog\/?p=23811"},"modified":"2022-10-19T20:41:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T20:41:50","slug":"today-the-people-of-ukraine-win-this-years-european-union-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/10\/19\/today-the-people-of-ukraine-win-this-years-european-union-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Today: the people of Ukraine win this year\u2019s  European Union Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Parliament on Wednesday 19 October awarded &#8220;the people of Ukraine&#8221; its annual <strong>Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought<\/strong> amid the ongoing war with Russia. For more on this award and its previous laureates, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trueheroesfilms.org\/thedigest\/awards\/BDE3E41A-8706-42F1-A6C5-ECBBC4CDB449\">https:\/\/www.trueheroesfilms.org\/thedigest\/awards\/BDE3E41A-8706-42F1-A6C5-ECBBC4CDB449<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>This award is for those Ukrainians fighting on the ground. For those who have been forced to flee. For those who have lost relatives and friends. For all those who stand up and fight for what they believe in. I know that the brave people of Ukraine will not give up and neither will we,\u201d<\/em> said Roberta Metsola, the European Parliament&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Commission chief Ursula von Der Leyen congratulated the people of Ukraine and said: \u201c<em>Their spirit and determination to fight for the values we hold dear is an inspiration to us a<\/em>ll.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>At (the EU Council) we\u2019ll focus on continuing our assistance; we will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes,<\/em>\u201d European Council President Charles Michel said on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year: <a href=\"https:\/\/humanrightsdefenders.blog\/2021\/10\/21\/alexei-navalny-wins-eus-sakharov-prize\/\">https:\/\/humanrightsdefenders.blog\/2021\/10\/21\/alexei-navalny-wins-eus-sakharov-prize\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20221017IPR43706\/the-ukrainian-people-awarded-the-european-parliament-s-2022-sakharov-prize\">https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20221017IPR43706\/the-ukrainian-people-awarded-the-european-parliament-s-2022-sakharov-prize<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/ukrainian-people-awarded-eus-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought\/2715666\">https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/ukrainian-people-awarded-eus-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought\/2715666<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/humanrightsdefenders.blog\/2022\/10\/19\/today-the-people-of-ukraine-win-this-years-european-union-prize\/\">Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Parliament on Wednesday 19 October awarded \u201cthe people of Ukraine\u201d its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought amid the ongoing war with Russia. For more on this award and its previous laureates, see: https:\/\/www.trueheroesfilms.org\/thedigest\/awards\/BDE3E41A-8706-42F1-A6C5-ECBBC4CDB449 \u201cThis award is for those Ukrainians fighting on the ground. For those who have been forced to flee. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":487,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1472,3117,286,1638,6,2740,15161,376],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846679,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846678\/revisions\/846679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}